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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 25010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 223
OF 241745Z JANUARY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Ако
12
050203
MDHOAN 1757
340/11
RECEIVED REGISTRY
DESK OFFIC.
INDEX
STRY
YOUR TELNO 302 AND FAX: OMELCO ENQUIRY ON NATIONALITY
1.
WE ARE CONTENT WITH YOUR DRAFT REPLIES SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS AND AMENDMENTS.
2. ANSWER A: SENTENCE 4: WE HAVE SEEN NO CLEAR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS. PARAGRAPH 1(A) OF YOUR TELNO 215 SUGGESTS OTHERWISE (ALTHOUGH PARA 3 OF THE SAME TELEGRAM CONTRADICTS IT). WE SUGGEST YOU DELETE SENTENCE 4 AND INSERT QUOTE WE WOULD NEED TO EXPLORE WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WHETHER THEY WOULD REGARD THOSE WHO HAVE ACQUIRED BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AS HAVING RENOUNCED THEIR CHINESE NATIONALITY IN TERMS OF CHINESE LAW. SUCH PEOPLE WOULD THEN BE REGARDED ETC ... UNQUOTE.
3. ANSWER B: SENTENCE 1: DELETE QUOTE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR
UNDERSTANDING THAT UNQUOTE.
4.
ANSWER B: LINE 4: INSERT AFTER QUOTE OFFICER UNQUOTE THE WORDS QUOTE OF SECRETARY LEVEL, IE UNQUOTE.
5. ANSWER B: LAST SENTENCE: REPLACE BY THEREFORE TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO THESE TWO POSTS IN ARTICLE 100 OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW, WOULD BE TO GO BEYOND THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT
DECLARATION.
6. ANSWER C:
SENTENCE 2: DELETE QUOTE EXPRESSION UNQUOTE AND
INSERT QUOTE ELEMENT UNQUOTE.
7. ANSWER C: SENTENCE 3: DELETE QUOTE FOR THE FUTURE SAR AUTHORITIES TO MAKE CLEAR UNQUOTE AND INSERT QUOTE TO CLARIFY UNQUOTE.
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FINAL PAGE: DELETE SENTENCE 1.
CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS PARA. UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE WILL UNQUOTE.
SENTENCE 2 IS THEN A INSERT QUOTE THEREFORE
9. FINAL PAGE: SENTENCE 3: DELETE QUOTE MINIMAL SINCE UNQUOTE AND INSERT QUOTE LIMITED TO THE POSTS WHICH ARE NOT ALREADY LISTED IN SECTION IV OF UNQUOTE.
10. DELETE REST OF SENTENCE 3 AFTER QUOTE JOINT DECLARATION UNQUOTE. THE JD STATES THAT THE HOLDERS OF THESE POSTS MUST NOT/NOT BE BRITISHOR FOREIGN, RATHER THAN THAT THEY MUST BE CHINESE.
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